That's the reason that if I have a choice, I buy left-handed reels. I watch these younger guys fishing on their channels and they cast switch hands then reel in. And when they get that big one they struggle and look awkward holding the pole because it's their weak hand. Most people start off with an open face spinning reel and those are set up perfectly for most right handed people with the reel on the left. I think U can reverse the handle but No one does because it's intuitively comfortable that way. Why not use Ur bait aster in the same way? It only makes sense
@@ronaldworthington5426Yes you can 😂. I bought a kast king spinning reel a couple days ago and started putting the reel handle on the right side and it felt so wrong I immediately realized it lol.
I just got my first bait caster and took it out a few times this week. I'm right handed so I bought a right handed Curado 200K and realized after using it this week something was off. It felt super awkward I just couldn't figure out why. Then after a backlash from hitting another rod while casting (kayak fishing), I grabbed my spinning reel and realized I've been reeling with my left hand my entire life, so that was the issue! As soon as I got home I processed the return for the right handed and ordered a left handed version.
.. right?! Which is weird, it makes sense as right handed individual to reel with the left hand! The why there are majority of right-hand-crank models out there? The casting reel work is fucked up
I'm left handed and I retrieve with my right hand lol Isn't that how it's supposed to work? Your dominant hand does all the work, while your other hand just reels
What a great perspective! As I was teaching a young man who is left handed at some things and right at others, suddenly I was confused though I’ve been doing this for years! I will set it up as you say-awesome feedback!
That's awesome advice. When I bought my first baitcaster (recently) I bought a left side reel only because up until that point I had only used a spinning rod and had reeled from that side all my life. It feels totally natural when I use the baitcaster.
I had to hunt down a left hand baitcaster because I just couldn't fathom why people would use a "right handed" one. Just didn't make sense to switch hands. Glad a pro has the same thoughts
This is exactly what I was thinking. I’m right handed but I’m going to buy a left. I just feel that I’ll have more strength holding the rod with my right hand than my left. Thanks.
I have been fishing for over 20 years using left handed spinning reels but always got confused when trying to use someones baitcaster which generally always have a right handed reel position. This video was immensely simple and helpful.
I agree 100% with realizing I should have purchased a left-handed bait castor (BC) reel. I mostly use spinning rod/reel and retrieve w/ my left hand, I am right-handed. The switching hands while using the BC after casting required some getting use too.
Agree 100%. I am dominantly right handed and use a reel with the handle on the left for the reasons you mentioned in the video. This also comes in to play with lures like a buzz bait. As the lure comes in to hit the water you want to start tightening the line up to remove the slack just before it hits the water and then with no delay you want to start winding to keep the lure up on the surface and making noise. If you need to change hands you can’t control the lure as good as fast. .
Not sure you'll feel comfortable with it but try it might be just the thing. I cast with my left hand therefore I need a right hand baitcaster. With a spinning reel I cast with my left hand do the switcheroo and reel in with my left hand.That has always felt natural to me.
@@craigleibbrand7761 thanks. I actually picked up 2 more curado DC's and find the left hand models are perfect since I cast right reel lefty. I was so afraid of baitcasters until the curado dc the digital chip makes it much easier
43 years old, RH. Was the same theory why my dad had me using my left hand to reel. Jig fishing in Erie I also had the pole in my dominant right arm to feel bites and set the hook and no need to switch after casting. Brother is a lefty and dad taught him to reel right. Been fishing this way over 35 years.. always foreign feeling when I go on an ocean charter and all they have are right hand reels... I can manage but it feels wrong.
Just bought a left retrieve freshwater baitcasting reel (and I'm right handed) a week before I saw this. I look at this way; whichever arm you use for spin casting (which is the power arm) you should keep it consistent with baitcasting. Power arm is for control and strength. Couldn't be any happier with my selection. This coach is 100% correct.
Thanks been wondering why this right handed dominant guys using a righty baitcaster I'm like why not use a lefty baitcaster. This video clarified everything for me😉👍
Very helpful thank you so much on purchasing my first bait casting reel and I almost purchased the wrong side I am dominant right handed so I was going to order it right side I was wrong thank you so much
I completely agree with that advice, I am a right-handed, but since I was a child I used to use left-handed reels based on that... I mean, the dominand arm should be use to manage the rod. May be, it could be a misconception for most people when you are going to buy a reel. Thanks for this explanation !! all the best for you guys.
With most spinning reels you can swap the handle, but if you primarily use baitcasters, like me, the best advice I could give is to go to Wal-Mart or Academy, buy the cheapest baitcaster you can find, and try it out on one of your good rods on a fishing trip before dropping money on a good left handed reel. That's what I did. It seemed odd at first, but very quickly I felt that I've been fishing bass-ackwards my whole life. I always cast with the right and did the switch. It's so natural now to set the hook and fight with my dominant hand. I have more power in the hookset, more control fighting, more power to lug a big fish out of the thick grass, and when I swing a fish I never realized before that I would always switch hands to grab it, or even lip the fish with my left while controlling the rod with my right. Everything just makes more sense now! No more switch. There's also less fatigue at the end of the day after having to switch so many times.
thank you for that story because you nailed it. I feel like to ambassador of industry change but the only reason I can see is we all started with Bass Ackward push button reels as kids, or got the only thing available at the store as adults. if you started left retrieve you would never ever switch!
Interestingly, I am left handed, and I grew up using spinning reels. So I would cast the rod with my left hand and while the bait was in mid-air, switch the rod to my right hand and use my right hand/arm to control the rod and use my left hand to crank the handle. Using baitcasters I still buy left handed baitcasters, cast with my left hand and position over to my right hand for control. It is very natural for me to do this and I have complete control and strength even though I'm using my right arm to hold the rod. Muscle memory is key. I have never really had a problem with losing fish from them hitting it on the fall while transitioning the rod like you said and that is because 9 out of 10 times I have the rod switched over before the bait hits the water.
I do the same thing Coach. I prefer reeling with the right since it's my strong hand and can do fine motor movements better with it. I guess I've just learned to work the rod with my left hand for the last 55 years better.
I came from a spinning reel for trout in Colorado to trying a bait caster for the bass ponds around town and natural bought a left handed reel because it was the same hands I use for casting with a spinning reel…
Thank you for this useful video. I wish I had seen this before spending a fortune on a right handed reel, which as your guest mentioned, is a very stupid naming.
I'm left handed, play bass right handed, played hockey 12 years right side DEFENCE... can smash (not just contact) a baseball from both sides, give or take 7-10 yards. I fish with a right handed reel because i feel that i get the most input and control from the rod with my dominant left hand constantly on the rod vs right hand skill required to simply reel... I've always wondered why left handed reels weren't the norm for right handed and in consequence right handed reels less prominent...
Been fishing for nearly 40 years. I'm right handed and left eye dominant. I fish right and do the switch. My left eye dominant brain part of me has always questioned how I "should" be fishing. If I didn't have a nearly new, expensive right hand reel, I probably would have tried a lefty. I still might. Cool video.
Right handed but grew up with a right handed reel. I can fish both handed but I'm super uncomfortable cranking the handle with my left. Holding the rod and loading up hooksets is fine in either hand. I'm not jacking Goliath Groupers, I'm catching bass and walleye. But as soon as I start reeling it immediately feels weird. Almost like I can't get a smooth rotation with my left hand. Making it a goal to try and practice this year. I'd like to cast a spinning rod the way Adam Royter does. Way more efficient than holding the line with your finger like 95% of us do.
Exactly correct. Much more natural for right handed to use left crank. Hopefully reel makers will start to produce more left cranking reels. In stores hardly any reel is left cranking. Have to order online.
Well most spinning reels are left hand retrieve and it seems so easy. Get a left hand retrieve bait caster and it just feels weird. But that's all Im going to use the whole year to get that muscle memory going. Making the switch.
A right handed, (main handed), set-up strikes me as sensible for round, large spool bait casters, that can be used from a seated position or with a fighting butt: the left arm provides leverage forward of the reel, while the right hand maintains fine-motor duties. So, if I wanted a catfishing reel, I'd go right handed. For modern high-dexterity, low profile bait casters, an off-hand retrieve makes more sense. At least for smaller fish like black bass.
going to start fishing again after 30+ years and found left or right casting confusing. Thanks for clearing that up. Old open faced reel had the handle that could be mouted either side
TYVM Boss...you feel my pain...I always thought about this idea and my learning curve on the casting reel (right) is horrible coz of the switcharoo thingy...might help now - less things to think of and focus on that thumb controll and drag settings :D...TYVM for the Vid!!!
I agree that it is awkward to switch hands. When I started using a bait caster, I just used it the same way I use my spinning rod cast with my right and real with my left.
I've been saying this EXACT thing and reason for so long. Dominant arm and fish grabbing the bait instantly and having to change hands. Perfect video 👍
@Johnathan Lo you better hope you're not like others I've seen while fishing together. 2 have lost their rod and reel while switching hands. Another grabbed it just in time before it sank. If you cast correctly with your right hand by the reel and your left hand at the bottom, there's no issue. You are already palming it. To each their own though, just seems silly to me. That's why more people are actually switching to a left handed reel (to reel with their left hand)
@Johnathan Lo you're the fn imbecile that switches hands like a moron. I'm not sure how they were holding it as I don't stare at their hands while they cast. All I know is they were using top water lures, explosion, gear gone. Keep doing it your way, I really couldn't care less. You probably can't catch fish big enough to take your pole anyways😂 . Have a nice day , not really, 👌
@John Lo you shouldn't need to palm the reel, or switch hands, or switch arms to set the hook if you are casting with the arm that you will be holding the rod in. You just set the hook. You have to palm because you are using your weaker, less coordinated arm. Nothing stops you from palming with your left hand anyway and then reeling Best answer yet but still not worth an industry making 99 percent of the reels backwards.
Thanks sunglass Robb you and your sunglasses are the bees knees baby also thanks Todd Big Daddy woods for being the goofiest pair of fisherman I’ve seen … love the nick names lads
Wish I would have watched this sooner. Oh well my son is a lefty so the right hand bait caster will suit him great. I think I just talked my self into buying another reel.
I have both bc I was a righty who learned lefty. And decided to learn how to fish a baitcaster right handed bc sometimes guides don’t have lefty baitcaster reels, there are more reel choices for a righty, if I have to borrow a friends I can easily use it, also I have tendinitis in my right elbow at times, so fishing right with a left handed hookset is less painful. Took me a few sessions of right hand reeling for it to feel natural.
My questions were answered in the comments lol I know I'm now getting a left handed baitcaster even though I'm right handed. The spinning reel comments are what locked me. Thanks guys
Also when the lure hits the water, often you get a hit straight away, and you will be in the middle of swapping hands. I totally agree but have found that when harnessed into a game rod and reel in a gimble, the left hand does nothing (aprt from guide the line on level) and you want your most powerful arm to do the cranking, but as soon as the harness comes off, it goes back to wanting to hold the rod in strong right arm and wind with the weaker left. but with baitcasters you are totally right...
I've only been fishing for about 2 months and have been slaying bass finessing and jigging with a right handed baitcaster but I recently bought some topwater lures and noticed I dont have the control I would like with my left arm so I'm going to try a left handed retrieve and see how I like it. The problem is finding some of the popular models in lhr 😑
I’ve always used a right handed casting reel and a left handed spinning reel. Not sure why but I’m right handed I could easily use a left hand casting reel but no way a right handed spinning reel. I feel like older spinning reels from back in the day were pretty much left hand only or at least the cheap ones I got as a kid.
Fishing since I was little, so probably 40 years or more. I'm the same way. Left handed spinner and right-handed baitcast. It's so automatic for me switching hands on the baitcast that I don't even notice it.
I think you guys all have 'left handed spinning reel' mislabeled. left handed retrieve is on a 'RIGHT handed spinning reel'. not a lefty. I'm sure that is what you mean because you hold the rod in your right hand, correct? The issue is left handed retrieve is NOT on a Righthanded Baitcaster. They consider lefthanded retrieve to be 'Lefty which is what the expert suggested the host purchase. Therefore I am questioning why we cant find any. Instead they are forcing you to buy a rell that forces you to hold the rod in your LEFT HAND (why would you do that?) but still call it Righty?
@@Building_Consultant my only thought on that is traditional open reels and level winds we’re built for fighting big fish with lots of fight so maybe they figured a right handed person wouldn’t fatigue as fast reeling with their right hand. So as reels evolved into smaller casting reels they stuck with the strong hand as the reel hand without considering the action of the rod.
My dad taught me the same way you fish with a bait caster now i want to fishing with spinner reels and it throws my game way off trying to figure out what hand i wand to cast with and what hand i want to retrieve with.
I've been fishing for over 60 years. I have always cast with my left hand as I am left-handed. I do the switcheroo and reel in with my left hand with left-handed spinning reels. With baitcasters it feels awkward to use a left-handed real.
I haven't bought a bait cast real yet but have held some combos that were all right hand retrieve. Some feel better than others but I am considering going with a left hand retrieve because that is how all my spin cast reels are set up.
I can't tell you what you'll like better but I can tell you I like to keep the rod in my dominant hand and reel with my weak hand. Being a lefty that means I actually prefer "right handed" baitcasters.
Your right hand needs maximum protection because of all the extra skills it has, such as writing, drawing, using scissors, firing guns etc. The winding hand is also the fish/lure grabbing hand and most likely to get injured.The right hand is protected by holding the rod only.Not a fishing hack at all, just pure vulcan logic. Live long and tight lines.
I'm right handed and reel with my right. I don't switch after casting...YOU cast with left...and... isn't it more important to use your dominant hand to be able to adjust the drag and of course reeling? Setting the hook does not need a lot of force in my experience (just a quick rod lift)...but adjusting drag while fighting a fish can be a challenge if you don't use your more dexterous hand.
Another thing to consider is most pedal kayaks controls are on the left side. Its really hard to control a rudder and reel a right handed reel. You have to switch hands, adjust the rudder, then switch back. With a left hand reel you dont have to. You can just stop reeling and adjust your control then jump right back into reeling.
I’m right handed and will always use a left handed reel more comfortable to me I can’t reel with my right hand so bait casters are pretty much out of the question for me because it’s hard to find a decent left handed reel in a bait caster so I stick to spin casters
Well I can reel righty but the way I jerk the rod doesn’t work I usually jerk down to the left and it’s awkward doing the with the reel on the right hand side
My daddy taught me with a right-handed and I cast with both hands like I'm swinging a golf club, strangely enough. Now whenever we go on a charter (not often) I get befuddled with having to reel with my left, and the guides never have RH reels. I ride horses with my left hand on the reins so I'm stronger on that side.
I'm just starting to use a baitcast, an using an old rig of my dad's. I found it strange to keep switching hands. One doesn't do that with a spin cast . After watching this I'm 100 percent convinced that my new reel will be a left hand bait caster.
I'm 100% lefty. Its a good thing to try to learn to be ambidextrous for so many reasons. I put a lot of work trying to get there which helps but i didnt dedicate enough. It takes a ton of effort. So ya my hunting rifles is lefty and are all my reels. Do what u gotta do.
Im brand new to fishing and just got my fishing license and looking at rods/reels to buy. I’m left handed though. Would it make sense for me to use the right handed reel instead of the left? Also what gear would you recommend for beginners?
Good advice but I could never do it. I am right handed and hold the rod with my left, however there is no way I would be comfortable using a left handed reel as it honestly does not feel natural holding the rob with my right arm. Honestly for anybody getting into this spot I recommend you head to your local bass pro shop or whatever you have in your area and try out some different configurations to see what feels natural to you, most shops will let you try out different configurations and if they don’t go to another shop
I didn't ever fish with a baitcaster but decided to go to BassPro shops and get a set up, 90% of they had (and sold) was RH reels, I talked to the guy behind the reel area and asked him why that was. I'm right handed, an overwhelming majority are. He didn't understand it either. He said I was doing the right thing by buying the LH reel. It's natural, especially if you have used a spinning rod most of your life. Now, shopping for a LH reel kind of sucks bc most of what's out there is RH, so it's sometimes hard to find what you want. Don't buy the RH reel if you are right handed! (unless you just want to, it's your money)
I have been using spinnig reels my whole life. Buying a baitcast setup with left handed baitcaster was pure logic for me. A american friend of me went out for fishing and wanted a baitcaster setup for fishing pike. I gave him my 2.30m 35-60gr. with the Tatula TWS 3000 LH and fully loaded with 0.27mm braid with 30cm 7x7 0.30 steel leader. He did the first cast and lost his face. He was hand switching his whole life and after 15 years pause, living in germany, he got a revelation. He got himself a 98cm big pike after 45 minutes and his cast was a beauty. First time he was throwing to that place,, he said to me: "Look i can throw to that bushes with eaz" Second throw, exact same place, bait impact, Boom!! Surface attack, setting hook, 5 minutes fun. He said afterwards, that he probably would have missed that bite, if he still needed to switch hands.
You nailed it. Im always looked at as an idiot because I'm r handed but reel on left side. IT MAKES SENSE And works great for me. Glad to see someone see the benefits
Got a good deal on two baitcasters left hand but I have a feeling I'm not going to be comfortable with them. A brand new Abu Garcia Ambassador 7001 and a Penn Special Senator 4/0 113h2. Beautiful reels but I don't think I'm going to be comfortable with them. My Strongarm is left-handed so when fighting steelhead and spring chinook I need a right-handed baitcaster.
Coming from fixed spool reels (or spinning reels) it seems bizarre to see right handed anglers cast right handed and then switch to left handed when reeling in. Just because the handle is on the wrong side!
I was born with a rod and reel in my hand I can cast with my feet if I had too I don’t care if my line is wet I’m happy but I’m a righty spinning I reel with my left and bait caster I reel with my right and have 0 issues I get a kick watching my left handed dad when we use penn 113h for deep sea he is all confused I made him a left handed one I hope he gets to use it
Was wondering why baitcasters were different. I’ve always reeled on the left side of the spinning reel being right handed. It would appear I need to buy left handed baitcasters.
Your recommendations please. I've fished for over 40 yrs both flyrod and spinning rod. I'm left handed. When flyfishing I cast left, reel right, pretty typical based on being a lefty. When I spin fish I cast over my right shoulder and reel left. I think this is backwards for a lefty? lol. I am going to go to my first every level wind reel for river drift fishing (dink float and weight mostly) for salmon and I'm not sure what type to get, left or right. I see most baitcasters on the river cast side arm cast and not over-shoulder cast. I think I'd be more comfortable 2 handed casting a 10' rod on my right side so that means my left hand controls the reel during the cast (good thing). This means I'd then have to switch hands to reel a right handed reel? Thanks for any advice.
Hello! it shouldn't matter too much where there side of the handle is, though in terms of convenience and also with you being left side dominant, it could be a good idea getting a left handers level wind reel (handle on the left side)
setting a weedless rig is a body movement with the rod tucked up in... a lot easier reeling with your dominate hand under pressure. Reeling is a lot more complicated of a movement then rod movement. The fish hitting during the switch and losing it is a myth.
I wonder how it would compare to deep sea fishing and fresh water fishing I've always been a right handed dominant person left hand retrieve fresh water and salt water but when I got in to deep sea I went to right retrieve then I discovered how my right hand always seems to reel in the fish regardless but my left hand seems to rest the rod on the rail of the boat pretty sure if it was left retrieve that rod would be high up in the air but pretty sure the situation would have been reversed and I would have struggled with my left hand to reel in a big fish but my right hand was still be able to keep the pole up off the rail the whole time pretty interesting
Started RH but changed. My spinning reel is on the left so it made sense to use a LH baitcaster. Never going back.
That's the reason that if I have a choice, I buy left-handed reels. I watch these younger guys fishing on their channels and they cast switch hands then reel in. And when they get that big one they struggle and look awkward holding the pole because it's their weak hand. Most people start off with an open face spinning reel and those are set up perfectly for most right handed people with the reel on the left. I think U can reverse the handle but No one does because it's intuitively comfortable that way. Why not use Ur bait aster in the same way? It only makes sense
@@ronaldworthington5426Yes you can 😂. I bought a kast king spinning reel a couple days ago and started putting the reel handle on the right side and it felt so wrong I immediately realized it lol.
I just got my first bait caster and took it out a few times this week. I'm right handed so I bought a right handed Curado 200K and realized after using it this week something was off. It felt super awkward I just couldn't figure out why. Then after a backlash from hitting another rod while casting (kayak fishing), I grabbed my spinning reel and realized I've been reeling with my left hand my entire life, so that was the issue! As soon as I got home I processed the return for the right handed and ordered a left handed version.
.. right?! Which is weird, it makes sense as right handed individual to reel with the left hand! The why there are majority of right-hand-crank models out there? The casting reel work is fucked up
I'm right handed but it feels natural to me to retrieve/reel with my left hand. Thanks (khali mamnoon) for this video.
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same I am right handed but fishing with my left hand
Same here
I'm left handed and I retrieve with my right hand lol
Isn't that how it's supposed to work? Your dominant hand does all the work, while your other hand just reels
What a great perspective! As I was teaching a young man who is left handed at some things and right at others, suddenly I was confused though I’ve been doing this for years! I will set it up as you say-awesome feedback!
I’ve been trying to figure this out for awhile thank you for actually having this make sense😁
That's awesome advice. When I bought my first baitcaster (recently) I bought a left side reel only because up until that point I had only used a spinning rod and had reeled from that side all my life. It feels totally natural when I use the baitcaster.
Same thing here. I tried reeling in my buddies regular right handed reel and it felt so awkward
I had to hunt down a left hand baitcaster because I just couldn't fathom why people would use a "right handed" one. Just didn't make sense to switch hands. Glad a pro has the same thoughts
Same for me which is the reason for viewing this video
@@blade420playElitecompletely agree. I’m surprised right side reel is more popular than left. This video makes perfect sense
This is exactly what I was thinking. I’m right handed but I’m going to buy a left. I just feel that I’ll have more strength holding the rod with my right hand than my left. Thanks.
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SportRx no problem. I just have to get my reel that fish brain is taking forever to ship.
I have been fishing for over 20 years using left handed spinning reels but always got confused when trying to use someones baitcaster which generally always have a right handed reel position. This video was immensely simple and helpful.
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I agree 100% with realizing I should have purchased a left-handed bait castor (BC) reel. I mostly use spinning rod/reel and retrieve w/ my left hand, I am right-handed. The switching hands while using the BC after casting required some getting use too.
Agree 100%. I am dominantly right handed and use a reel with the handle on the left for the reasons you mentioned in the video. This also comes in to play with lures like a buzz bait. As the lure comes in to hit the water you want to start tightening the line up to remove the slack just before it hits the water and then with no delay you want to start winding to keep the lure up on the surface and making noise. If you need to change hands you can’t control the lure as good as fast. .
Thanks for sharing!
very helpful. I am an angler of 50plus years moving to bait caster reel and was totally confused before now. cheers
Glad this video helped! Best of luck on your transition!
Thanks for that info our local shop only had one curado dc but it was a lh model so I was afraid to get it, but I'm going to grab it right now
Not sure you'll feel comfortable with it but try it might be just the thing. I cast with my left hand therefore I need a right hand baitcaster. With a spinning reel I cast with my left hand do the switcheroo and reel in with my left hand.That has always felt natural to me.
@@craigleibbrand7761 thanks. I actually picked up 2 more curado DC's and find the left hand models are perfect since I cast right reel lefty. I was so afraid of baitcasters until the curado dc the digital chip makes it much easier
43 years old, RH. Was the same theory why my dad had me using my left hand to reel. Jig fishing in Erie I also had the pole in my dominant right arm to feel bites and set the hook and no need to switch after casting. Brother is a lefty and dad taught him to reel right. Been fishing this way over 35 years.. always foreign feeling when I go on an ocean charter and all they have are right hand reels... I can manage but it feels wrong.
I agree! I am going to switch to the left-hand reel!
Just bought a left retrieve freshwater baitcasting reel (and I'm right handed) a week before I saw this. I look at this way; whichever arm you use for spin casting (which is the power arm) you should keep it consistent with baitcasting. Power arm is for control and strength. Couldn't be any happier with my selection. This coach is 100% correct.
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I’m right handed but I have ALWAYS used left handed reels. It’s just the one I got given to me so I stayed with that layout since.
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I’m right handed , I just feels comfortable for me to reel it in with the right. Do I don’t mind the switch. It’s feels weird reeling with the left.
Thanks been wondering why this right handed dominant guys using a righty baitcaster I'm like why not use a lefty baitcaster. This video clarified everything for me😉👍
I’m right handed and I learned as a toddler to reel with my left. Its wild that people are taught something different
Very helpful thank you so much on purchasing my first bait casting reel and I almost purchased the wrong side I am dominant right handed so I was going to order it right side I was wrong thank you so much
Same lol
I try to get this point across to all of my friends
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I completely agree with that advice, I am a right-handed, but since I was a child I used to use left-handed reels based on that... I mean, the dominand arm should be use to manage the rod. May be, it could be a misconception for most people when you are going to buy a reel. Thanks for this explanation !! all the best for you guys.
With most spinning reels you can swap the handle, but if you primarily use baitcasters, like me, the best advice I could give is to go to Wal-Mart or Academy, buy the cheapest baitcaster you can find, and try it out on one of your good rods on a fishing trip before dropping money on a good left handed reel. That's what I did. It seemed odd at first, but very quickly I felt that I've been fishing bass-ackwards my whole life. I always cast with the right and did the switch. It's so natural now to set the hook and fight with my dominant hand. I have more power in the hookset, more control fighting, more power to lug a big fish out of the thick grass, and when I swing a fish I never realized before that I would always switch hands to grab it, or even lip the fish with my left while controlling the rod with my right. Everything just makes more sense now! No more switch. There's also less fatigue at the end of the day after having to switch so many times.
thank you for that story because you nailed it.
I feel like to ambassador of industry change but the only reason I can see is we all started with Bass Ackward push button reels as kids, or got the only thing available at the store as adults. if you started left retrieve you would never ever switch!
Interestingly, I am left handed, and I grew up using spinning reels. So I would cast the rod with my left hand and while the bait was in mid-air, switch the rod to my right hand and use my right hand/arm to control the rod and use my left hand to crank the handle. Using baitcasters I still buy left handed baitcasters, cast with my left hand and position over to my right hand for control. It is very natural for me to do this and I have complete control and strength even though I'm using my right arm to hold the rod. Muscle memory is key. I have never really had a problem with losing fish from them hitting it on the fall while transitioning the rod like you said and that is because 9 out of 10 times I have the rod switched over before the bait hits the water.
I do the same thing Coach. I prefer reeling with the right since it's my strong hand and can do fine motor movements better with it. I guess I've just learned to work the rod with my left hand for the last 55 years better.
I came from a spinning reel for trout in Colorado to trying a bait caster for the bass ponds around town and natural bought a left handed reel because it was the same hands I use for casting with a spinning reel…
Thank you for this useful video. I wish I had seen this before spending a fortune on a right handed reel, which as your guest mentioned, is a very stupid naming.
Glad it was helpful!
I'm left handed, play bass right handed, played hockey 12 years right side DEFENCE... can smash (not just contact) a baseball from both sides, give or take 7-10 yards. I fish with a right handed reel because i feel that i get the most input and control from the rod with my dominant left hand constantly on the rod vs right hand skill required to simply reel... I've always wondered why left handed reels weren't the norm for right handed and in consequence right handed reels less prominent...
Been fishing for nearly 40 years. I'm right handed and left eye dominant. I fish right and do the switch. My left eye dominant brain part of me has always questioned how I "should" be fishing. If I didn't have a nearly new, expensive right hand reel, I probably would have tried a lefty. I still might. Cool video.
Good stuff! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for clearing this up. Would have ordered the wrong reel today. 👍🏻
Right handed but grew up with a right handed reel.
I can fish both handed but I'm super uncomfortable cranking the handle with my left. Holding the rod and loading up hooksets is fine in either hand. I'm not jacking Goliath Groupers, I'm catching bass and walleye. But as soon as I start reeling it immediately feels weird. Almost like I can't get a smooth rotation with my left hand.
Making it a goal to try and practice this year. I'd like to cast a spinning rod the way Adam Royter does. Way more efficient than holding the line with your finger like 95% of us do.
Exactly correct. Much more natural for right handed to use left crank. Hopefully reel makers will start to produce more left cranking reels. In stores hardly any reel is left cranking. Have to order online.
Thanks for watching and commenting Thomas!
Well most spinning reels are left hand retrieve and it seems so easy. Get a left hand retrieve bait caster and it just feels weird. But that's all Im going to use the whole year to get that muscle memory going. Making the switch.
Thanks for commenting and sharing your insight with us Russ!
Im switching too.
A right handed, (main handed), set-up strikes me as sensible for round, large spool bait casters, that can be used from a seated position or with a fighting butt: the left arm provides leverage forward of the reel, while the right hand maintains fine-motor duties. So, if I wanted a catfishing reel, I'd go right handed.
For modern high-dexterity, low profile bait casters, an off-hand retrieve makes more sense. At least for smaller fish like black bass.
Thanks for this, I have some left handed reels and was about to go out and get a right handed. I'll stick with what I have for now if it'll be easier
going to start fishing again after 30+ years and found left or right casting confusing. Thanks for clearing that up. Old open faced reel had the handle that could be mouted either side
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Try both sides and see which feels the most natural
Thx very helpful I’m new to fishing but i know that I should buy a left handed reel
TYVM Boss...you feel my pain...I always thought about this idea and my learning curve on the casting reel (right) is horrible coz of the switcharoo thingy...might help now - less things to think of and focus on that thumb controll and drag settings :D...TYVM for the Vid!!!
Very cool! You're welcome, Glad it helped!
I agree that it is awkward to switch hands. When I started using a bait caster, I just used it the same way I use my spinning rod cast with my right and real with my left.
I've been saying this EXACT thing and reason for so long. Dominant arm and fish grabbing the bait instantly and having to change hands. Perfect video 👍
Thank you for commenting and sharing your feedback KC!
@Johnathan Lo you better hope you're not like others I've seen while fishing together. 2 have lost their rod and reel while switching hands. Another grabbed it just in time before it sank. If you cast correctly with your right hand by the reel and your left hand at the bottom, there's no issue. You are already palming it. To each their own though, just seems silly to me. That's why more people are actually switching to a left handed reel (to reel with their left hand)
@Johnathan Lo you're the fn imbecile that switches hands like a moron. I'm not sure how they were holding it as I don't stare at their hands while they cast. All I know is they were using top water lures, explosion, gear gone.
Keep doing it your way, I really couldn't care less. You probably can't catch fish big enough to take your pole anyways😂 . Have a nice day , not really, 👌
@John Lo you shouldn't need to palm the reel, or switch hands, or switch arms to set the hook if you are casting with the arm that you will be holding the rod in. You just set the hook. You have to palm because you are using your weaker, less coordinated arm.
Nothing stops you from palming with your left hand anyway and then reeling
Best answer yet but still not worth an industry making 99 percent of the reels backwards.
I made this change recently and it has blown my mind that I didn't do it sooner
I learned that on my own about fifty years ago. People thought I was nuts.
Thank you very helpful explain very well and simple. Much appreciated !!!
You are welcome Victor! Thank you for watching and commenting
got into fishing in 2020/ and really learning it now as a skill this makes so much sense.. :S
Thanks sunglass Robb you and your sunglasses are the bees knees baby also thanks Todd Big Daddy woods for being the goofiest pair of fisherman I’ve seen … love the nick names lads
Wish I would have watched this sooner. Oh well my son is a lefty so the right hand bait caster will suit him great. I think I just talked my self into buying another reel.
I have both bc I was a righty who learned lefty. And decided to learn how to fish a baitcaster right handed bc sometimes guides don’t have lefty baitcaster reels, there are more reel choices for a righty, if I have to borrow a friends I can easily use it, also I have tendinitis in my right elbow at times, so fishing right with a left handed hookset is less painful. Took me a few sessions of right hand reeling for it to feel natural.
Thank you so much for sharing that; it's really cool to hear!
I'm right handed my bait casting real is on the right. My spin cast real is on the left I don't understand but it works
My questions were answered in the comments lol I know I'm now getting a left handed baitcaster even though I'm right handed. The spinning reel comments are what locked me. Thanks guys
Very cool 🤙
Very good advice! Well said.
Also when the lure hits the water, often you get a hit straight away, and you will be in the middle of swapping hands. I totally agree but have found that when harnessed into a game rod and reel in a gimble, the left hand does nothing (aprt from guide the line on level) and you want your most powerful arm to do the cranking, but as soon as the harness comes off, it goes back to wanting to hold the rod in strong right arm and wind with the weaker left. but with baitcasters you are totally right...
Thank you for commenting and sharing your insight with us David!
I've only been fishing for about 2 months and have been slaying bass finessing and jigging with a right handed baitcaster but I recently bought some topwater lures and noticed I dont have the control I would like with my left arm so I'm going to try a left handed retrieve and see how I like it. The problem is finding some of the popular models in lhr 😑
Thanks for watching and leaving us your feedback! Let us know know how the left handed retrieve rod works for you.
I switched to left after learning fly fishing. It really doesn't take much effort to get good at reeling in smoothly once switched.
I'm left handed and cast right handed like you explained and reel with my left. I also throw and do almost everything right handed though
Thanks I always wondered is a right hand reel for a Right hander or is the handle on the Right?
I’ve always used a right handed casting reel and a left handed spinning reel. Not sure why but I’m right handed I could easily use a left hand casting reel but no way a right handed spinning reel. I feel like older spinning reels from back in the day were pretty much left hand only or at least the cheap ones I got as a kid.
Thanks for commenting and sharing your insight with us Jaymac!
Fishing for 30 years and I’m the same. Right hand level wind and left hand spin caster
Fishing since I was little, so probably 40 years or more. I'm the same way. Left handed spinner and right-handed baitcast. It's so automatic for me switching hands on the baitcast that I don't even notice it.
I think you guys all have 'left handed spinning reel' mislabeled. left handed retrieve is on a 'RIGHT handed spinning reel'. not a lefty. I'm sure that is what you mean because you hold the rod in your right hand, correct?
The issue is left handed retrieve is NOT on a Righthanded Baitcaster. They consider lefthanded retrieve to be 'Lefty which is what the expert suggested the host purchase. Therefore I am questioning why we cant find any.
Instead they are forcing you to buy a rell that forces you to hold the rod in your LEFT HAND (why would you do that?) but still call it Righty?
@@Building_Consultant my only thought on that is traditional open reels and level winds we’re built for fighting big fish with lots of fight so maybe they figured a right handed person wouldn’t fatigue as fast reeling with their right hand. So as reels evolved into smaller casting reels they stuck with the strong hand as the reel hand without considering the action of the rod.
My dad taught me the same way you fish with a bait caster now i want to fishing with spinner reels and it throws my game way off trying to figure out what hand i wand to cast with and what hand i want to retrieve with.
Great advice, THANKYOU 😎
I’ve been fishing for like 10 years now and just figured out the difference and that left handed is a lot better
I've been fishing for over 60 years. I have always cast with my left hand as I am left-handed. I do the switcheroo and reel in with my left hand with left-handed spinning reels. With baitcasters it feels awkward to use a left-handed real.
I don't agree with the setting hook part, for me its easy with either arm to set the hook.
Yeah you're right
I haven't bought a bait cast real yet but have held some combos that were all right hand retrieve. Some feel better than others but I am considering going with a left hand retrieve because that is how all my spin cast reels are set up.
Thanks for commenting MrThomasMorse! You will have to let us know how the bait caster works out for you. We love getting feedback from viewers :)
I can't tell you what you'll like better but I can tell you I like to keep the rod in my dominant hand and reel with my weak hand. Being a lefty that means I actually prefer "right handed" baitcasters.
Being left-handed I use a left-handed spinning reel but a right-handed baitcaster I cast with my left hand.
Your right hand needs maximum protection because of all the extra skills it has, such as writing, drawing, using scissors, firing guns etc. The winding hand is also the fish/lure grabbing hand and most likely to get injured.The right hand is protected by holding the rod only.Not a fishing hack at all, just pure vulcan logic. Live long and tight lines.
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Mate youre a fuckin legend
I'm right handed and reel with my right. I don't switch after casting...YOU cast with left...and... isn't it more important to use your dominant hand to be able to adjust the drag and of course reeling? Setting the hook does not need a lot of force in my experience (just a quick rod lift)...but adjusting drag while fighting a fish can be a challenge if you don't use your more dexterous hand.
Another thing to consider is most pedal kayaks controls are on the left side. Its really hard to control a rudder and reel a right handed reel. You have to switch hands, adjust the rudder, then switch back. With a left hand reel you dont have to. You can just stop reeling and adjust your control then jump right back into reeling.
Thanks for that perspective! I just bought a pedal kayak and this makes perfect sense!
I’ve been using right handed reel for years but just recently switched to left handed best decision I’ve ever made
BINGO BEST ANSWER!!!
I'm learning how to fish and his way of thinking is exactly what was natural to me so thank you for the video, now I know I'm not crazy lol.
We're all a little crazy Gary 😅, Happy to help!
I’m right handed and will always use a left handed reel more comfortable to me I can’t reel with my right hand so bait casters are pretty much out of the question for me because it’s hard to find a decent left handed reel in a bait caster so I stick to spin casters
Well I can reel righty but the way I jerk the rod doesn’t work I usually jerk down to the left and it’s awkward doing the with the reel on the right hand side
Thank you!! Good to know!
You bet!
I’m left handed and feel right handed reel would be best. I also see this is the one sport where it’s just preference and not dexterity
Good video
Thanks Jay!
My daddy taught me with a right-handed and I cast with both hands like I'm swinging a golf club, strangely enough. Now whenever we go on a charter (not often) I get befuddled with having to reel with my left, and the guides never have RH reels. I ride horses with my left hand on the reins so I'm stronger on that side.
I'm just starting to use a baitcast, an using an old rig of my dad's. I found it strange to keep switching hands. One doesn't do that with a spin cast .
After watching this I'm 100 percent convinced that my new reel will be a left hand bait caster.
Awesome, glad we could help! Thanks for sharing!
I have to cast with the right and reel with the right. I'm like left hand stupid or something.
I'm 100% lefty. Its a good thing to try to learn to be ambidextrous for so many reasons. I put a lot of work trying to get there which helps but i didnt dedicate enough. It takes a ton of effort. So ya my hunting rifles is lefty and are all my reels. Do what u gotta do.
ya my second bate caster was left handed never switched back.
Im brand new to fishing and just got my fishing license and looking at rods/reels to buy. I’m left handed though. Would it make sense for me to use the right handed reel instead of the left? Also what gear would you recommend for beginners?
Good advice but I could never do it. I am right handed and hold the rod with my left, however there is no way I would be comfortable using a left handed reel as it honestly does not feel natural holding the rob with my right arm. Honestly for anybody getting into this spot I recommend you head to your local bass pro shop or whatever you have in your area and try out some different configurations to see what feels natural to you, most shops will let you try out different configurations and if they don’t go to another shop
I didn't ever fish with a baitcaster but decided to go to BassPro shops and get a set up, 90% of they had (and sold) was RH reels, I talked to the guy behind the reel area and asked him why that was. I'm right handed, an overwhelming majority are. He didn't understand it either. He said I was doing the right thing by buying the LH reel. It's natural, especially if you have used a spinning rod most of your life. Now, shopping for a LH reel kind of sucks bc most of what's out there is RH, so it's sometimes hard to find what you want. Don't buy the RH reel if you are right handed! (unless you just want to, it's your money)
I have been using spinnig reels my whole life. Buying a baitcast setup with left handed baitcaster was pure logic for me. A american friend of me went out for fishing and wanted a baitcaster setup for fishing pike. I gave him my 2.30m 35-60gr. with the Tatula TWS 3000 LH and fully loaded with 0.27mm braid with 30cm 7x7 0.30 steel leader. He did the first cast and lost his face. He was hand switching his whole life and after 15 years pause, living in germany, he got a revelation. He got himself a 98cm big pike after 45 minutes and his cast was a beauty. First time he was throwing to that place,, he said to me: "Look i can throw to that bushes with eaz" Second throw, exact same place, bait impact, Boom!! Surface attack, setting hook, 5 minutes fun. He said afterwards, that he probably would have missed that bite, if he still needed to switch hands.
That helped me a lot. Thank you.
Thank you for watching and commenting Sergio!
You nailed it. Im always looked at as an idiot because I'm r handed but reel on left side. IT MAKES SENSE And works great for me. Glad to see someone see the benefits
You're not the idiot. It's the other way around. In Europe everyone uses oposite side reel handle to their dominant hand.
i own left handed spinning reels but right handed baitcasting idk why but i still cast with my left
no need to change what's working! 🤙
Got a good deal on two baitcasters left hand but I have a feeling I'm not going to be comfortable with them. A brand new Abu Garcia Ambassador 7001 and a Penn Special Senator 4/0 113h2. Beautiful reels but I don't think I'm going to be comfortable with them. My Strongarm is left-handed so when fighting steelhead and spring chinook I need a right-handed baitcaster.
Coming from fixed spool reels (or spinning reels) it seems bizarre to see right handed anglers cast right handed and then switch to left handed when reeling in. Just because the handle is on the wrong side!
Great help. Thanks!
Now I know why I like my spin Rods more even though I'm right handed I like using my left hand to reel in
I'm left-handed cast left handed but I've always felt more comfortable reeling in with my left hand.
I was born with a rod and reel in my hand I can cast with my feet if I had too I don’t care if my line is wet I’m happy but I’m a righty spinning I reel with my left and bait caster I reel with my right and have 0 issues
I get a kick watching my left handed dad when we use penn 113h for deep sea he is all confused I made him a left handed one I hope he gets to use it
confused lefty here this was a big help
So the way that rod is now is it left hand or right
Was wondering why baitcasters were different. I’ve always reeled on the left side of the spinning reel being right handed. It would appear I need to buy left handed baitcasters.
Your recommendations please. I've fished for over 40 yrs both flyrod and spinning rod. I'm left handed. When flyfishing I cast left, reel right, pretty typical based on being a lefty. When I spin fish I cast over my right shoulder and reel left. I think this is backwards for a lefty? lol. I am going to go to my first every level wind reel for river drift fishing (dink float and weight mostly) for salmon and I'm not sure what type to get, left or right. I see most baitcasters on the river cast side arm cast and not over-shoulder cast. I think I'd be more comfortable 2 handed casting a 10' rod on my right side so that means my left hand controls the reel during the cast (good thing). This means I'd then have to switch hands to reel a right handed reel? Thanks for any advice.
Hello! it shouldn't matter too much where there side of the handle is, though in terms of convenience and also with you being left side dominant, it could be a good idea getting a left handers level wind reel (handle on the left side)
Great rod the only thing I disliked was no finger grip! Awesome rod tho well made and very durable
setting a weedless rig is a body movement with the rod tucked up in... a lot easier reeling with your dominate hand under pressure. Reeling is a lot more complicated of a movement then rod movement. The fish hitting during the switch and losing it is a myth.
Thanks for watching and leaving a comment Bill!
I have had this problem for years. All my spinning rods are set up "lefty". Why have I never considered LH baitcasters?!
Thank you so much my decision has been made now 😁🙏
How can you tell which is the front of the left hand reel
As a right handed perseon, For me it feels more natural and comfortable to retrieve with my left hand.
I wonder how it would compare to deep sea fishing and fresh water fishing I've always been a right handed dominant person left hand retrieve fresh water and salt water but when I got in to deep sea I went to right retrieve then I discovered how my right hand always seems to reel in the fish regardless but my left hand seems to rest the rod on the rail of the boat pretty sure if it was left retrieve that rod would be high up in the air but pretty sure the situation would have been reversed and I would have struggled with my left hand to reel in a big fish but my right hand was still be able to keep the pole up off the rail the whole time pretty interesting
I mean ask who ever; who are the most people that are left handed dominant or right hand dominant in the world
Pretty much the only time being a lefty is an advantage! Most baitcasters I have seen have a lot more gear ratios in right hand than left.
My fishing reel has only bin on my right and I’m right handed and I only see them on the right